All around Maryland, the volume of shooting-related incidents has reinvigorated gun buyback programs, but is exchanging cash or goods for weapons -- often with no questions asked -- really making a difference? The 11 News I-Team decided to investigate.

ShopRite Supermarkets is teaming up with city officials and police for the second Goods for Guns collection.

Those interested in taking part can bring their guns to New All Saints Catholic Church in the 4400 block of Liberty Heights Avenue from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday to get a $100 gift card to ShopRite. Officials said no questions will be asked upon the exchange.

"Violence in our communities makes any positive strides more challenging, and it affects us all, particularly during difficult economic times. The Goods for Guns program creates a tremendous opportunity to help the communities that we are committed to," said Marshall Klein, the chief operations officer of Klein’s Family Markets, which runs ShopRite.

Klein said the collection location was chosen based on where the assistance is most needed.

The first Goods for Guns collection in December 2012 brought in hundreds of firearms, most of which were rifles and handguns.

The idea of the programs is to get guns off the streets, but at some regional buybacks, it appears many of the weapons are just coming out of the attic, the garage or the closet, the I-Team's Deborah Weiner reported in August 2013.

Howard County police granted the I-Team access to the ballistics testing that happened after a 2013 collection in that county. None of the weapons that were test-fired came up as stolen, Weiner reported, and it's believed none of the turned-in weapons were ever used in a crime.

However, the county's police chief said he still believes it's a worthwhile venture. To read more on Weiner's report, click here.